Subspecies Attagenus (Attagenus) unicolor unicolor Brahm, 1791
- Attagenus cylindricornis Say, T. 1825. Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1): 160-204 [185].
- Attagenus cylindricornis floricola Say, T. 1825. Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1): 160-204 [185].
- Attagenus cylindricornis obscurus Say, T. 1825. Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5(1): 160-204 [185].
- Attagenus deficiens Casey, T.L. 1900. Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae with other studies. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8(2): 51–172 [146].
- Dermestes cilindricornis Melsheimer, F.V. 1806. A Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania. Part 1. Hanover, York County : Printed for the author, F.V. Melsheimer vi 60 pp. [7] [nom. nud.].
- Dermestes floricola Melsheimer, F.V. 1806. A Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania. Part 1. Hanover, York County : Printed for the author, F.V. Melsheimer vi 60 pp. [7] [nom. nud.].
- Dermestes megatoma Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [71].
- Dermestes obscurus Melsheimer, F.V. 1806. A Catalogue of Insects of Pennsylvania. Part 1. Hanover, York County : Printed for the author, F.V. Melsheimer vi 60 pp. [7] [nom. nud.].
- Dermestes piceus Olivier, A.G. 1790. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des Insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée, Coléoptères. Genres 9–34. Paris : Baudonin Vol. II (9) 485 pp. 63 pls. [10] [junior primary homonym of Dermestes piceus Thunberg, 1781].
- Attagenus cylindricornis Casey, T.L. 1900. Review of the American Corylophidae, Cryptophagidae, Tritomidae and Dermestidae with other studies. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 8(2): 51–172 [147] [junior secondary homonym of Nitidula cylindricornis Schrank, 1798].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Háva, J. 2003. World Catalogue of the Dermestidae (Coleoptera). Studie a Zprávy Oblastního Muzea Praha-východ, Supplementum 1: 1-196 [70]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
Larva: scavenger, stored product pest.
General References
Beal, R.S. 1970. A taxonomic and biological study of species of Attagenini (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) in the United States and Canada. Entomologica Americana 45: 141-235 [168] (larva)
Hinton, H.E. 1945. A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 viii 443 pp. [309] (adult description, biology, life history (as Attagenus piceus Olivier))
History of changes
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